[tex-live] Error in installing Tex

Lars Madsen daleif at imf.au.dk
Mon Oct 25 21:22:30 CEST 2010


On 2010-10-25 19:11, Prashanti Manda wrote:
>
>
> Hi Norbert,
> Most of the mirrors are causing problems with the installer.
> I tried the -repository option with these
> http://mirrors.med.harvard.edu/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet/
> http://mirror.math.ku.edu/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/
> The installer cycles through the mirrors that are present in the
> database. I tried running the installer over and over again to check
> other repositories, but i get the same problem of mismatch install
> files. Can i have a link to the old installer linking to 2009 install
> files.
> Thanks,
> Prashanti
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at
> <mailto:preining at logic.at>> wrote:
>
>     On Mi, 13 Okt 2010, Prashanti Manda wrote:
>      > the installation media do not agree:
>      > source: 2010
>      > media: 2009
>      > Please report to tex-live at tug.org <mailto:tex-live at tug.org>
>      >
>      > What do I do to get past it ?
>      >
>
>     Your CTAN mirror is out of date, please check mirror.ctan.org
>     <http://mirror.ctan.org>
>     for a different mirror, and pass it to the installer with
>             -repository ....
>     Can you tell us which mirror was used (that is written at the beginning
>     of the installation on the top).
>
>     Best wishes
>
>     Norbert
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>

interestingly I just had a user reporting this. I know he is using TL09, 
and was trying to update it, then he got the

the installation media do not agree:
source: 2010
media: 2009

message

So a better setup might be needed such that the old tlmgr's would stop 
working more gracefully


/daleif


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